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G. V. CLIFFORD.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

-No. 394,249. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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GEORGE V. CLIFFORD, OF NFAV YORK, N. Y.

TEMPORARY BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,249, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed Angus 24, 1887. Serial No. 247,728. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE V. (,LIEFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have i11- Vented certain new and useful Improvements in Temporary Kinders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to temporary files or binders for filing letters, bills, invoices, and other papers in such manner as to be easy of reference and to facilitate their insertion and removal.

My improved temporary file is of that class having one or more (usually two) fixed receiving-pins projecting from the base-board, on which pins the papers to be filed are impaled, and a like number of pivoted transfer wires or hooks, which, when in place, constitute continuations of the pointed ends of the receiving-pins, and onto which one or more of the filed papers may be slipped from said pins.

According to my invention I mount the transfer-hooks fixedly 011 a plate at the back of the base-board and pivot this plate to the board in such manner that it may be tilted back to separate the hooks from the receiving-pins. This plate is pressed up by a spring to throw the hooks back, and when down in place is there securely fastened, so that the transfer-hooks cannotbe separated. This fastening is effected by a pivoted catch or gravity-pawl, which is operated through the medium of a sliding rod terminating in a head, which is conveniently located to be manipulated by the pressure of the finger.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewot' my improved temporary file or binder. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof cut in the plane of the line 2 2 in Fig. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation partly broken away and in section on the plane of the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, let A designate the base-board, which is preferably of wood; B B, the receiving-pins, which are fixed perman ently thereto and project perpendicularly therefrom; 0 C, the transfer hooks or wires, and D the pivoted plate on which these hooks are mounted.

A metal plate, E, is let into the rear or upper end of the base-board A, its top surface being flush with that of the board. Projecting perpendicularly from this plate is a wall or gageplate, F, which extends longitudinally of the plate E and parallel' with the rear edge of the board. The receiving-pins l; B are preferably made tubular, with their upper ends cut diagonally to form points for puncturing the papers as they are impaled on these pins. The pins are set at an equal distance from and project parallel with the gage-wall F, so that the latter serves as a guide to the operator in filing the letters or papers thereon.

I prefer to construct the plates E and F in one piece of cast metal and to iix the tubular pins 15 in the plate E. For this purpose I cast the plate E with two tubular sockets, a, projecting downwardly, one of them being shown in Fig. 2, and into these sockets the tubular pins are screwed or brazed or otherwise fastened. The sockets to extend through holes bored in the base-board, and concentrically with them the plate E is formed with semicircular projections c c, which enter corresponding rabbets or mortises formed in the base board at the same time that the holes for the reception of the sockets a. are being bored.

The plate D, which carries the hooks C C, is pivoted at its opposite ends on screws or rivets (l 6?, its pivotal axis extending longitudinally of it in the rear of the base of the transfer-hooks, and preferably parallel with and close to the rear or upper end of the baseboard. The plate I'), when down in place, rests upon the plate E and covers the portion thereof extending from the gage-plate F back to the upper edge of the base-board. The plate D is hollowed out umlerneath to make room for a spring, G, beneath it, by which itis given a tendency to fly up into the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. \Vhen down in place, it is held by a catch or pawl, H, which may be variously constructed. I prefer the construction shown best in Fig. 3, wherein the catch consists of a weighted pawl loosely pivoted on a screw, I), which enters the plate F. 'When the plate D is pressed down, the nose of this pawl engages an inclined surface, 0, at one end of a notch or recess, f, formed in the front side of the plate. To release the catch, the nose of the pawl is pressed dOWIl, whereupon it is free from the incline c, and the plate D is no longer held down, its spring G throwing it back to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. To enable the pawl to be conveniently pressed to release the plate, I provide a vertical sliding pin, g, working freely in holes formed in ears h h, projecting from the rear side of the plate F. The lower end of this rod rests on the pawl H, and its upper end carries a cap or button, I, which stands above the top of the plate F in position to be conveniently pressed by the finger of the operator when he desires to throw back the hooks O C.

W The operation of my improved binder is very simple. \Vhen it is desired to file aletter or paper, the operator simply touches the knob 1, thereby throwing back the hooks C O and leaving the points of the pins l3 13 exposed, whereupon he impales the paper on these pins, guiding it to the correct position in so doing against the plate F. He then presses down the plateD until it is caught by the pawl, thereby bringing the hooks 0 back upon the points of the pins B B. If he desires to remove any paper beneath the top of the file, he will lift those papers that are above it and slide them back on the hooks C C, after which he will throw back the hooks by pressing the button I, and will then lift off the desired paper, which is on the top of the file, after which, by pressing down the plate D, the hooks may be brought back to their normal position, and the filed papers which had been transferred to them may be slid back on the pins B B.

The receiving-pins I; B are, made tubular to admit of passing cords through them for the purpose of tying together the pile of filed papers when the latter are to be removed finally from the binder.

My improved binder is greatly superior to the binders of the same general class wherein the transfer-hooks are pivoted on perpendicular axes and swing outwardly or away from each other, since its manipulation is much more convenient and its construction is much simpler and stronger. It is also superior to those binders in which the transfer-hooks are fixed to a hinged plate which is hinged at its front edge, being pressed up by a spring to bring the hooks into engagement with the receiving-pins, so that they are held in that position only by the tension of the springa construction which is defective in that the hooks are liable to be pressed out of place in the act of transferring papers to them, thereby permitting some of the papers to escape.

Iclaim as my invention the following-defined novel features or combinations, substantially as hereinabove specified, namely:

1 In a temporary binder, the combination, with the base-board and receiving-pins, of the transfer-hooks pi\'*otallyconnected to the baseboard on a transverse axis extending parallel with the surface of the board, a spring for throwing said hooks back, and a catch for holding them in their normal position with their ends adjoining the ends of the receiving-pins, whereby their displacement in the act of transferring papers is prevented.

2. In a temporary binder, the combination, with the base-board and receiving-pins, of the transferrhooks, a plate extending across the upper end of the board and to which the transfer-hooks are fixed, and which is pivoted to the board, a spring arranged forward of its pivotal axis for throwing said plate up and the transfer-hooks back, and a catch for holding it down, with the transfer-hooks in position with their ends adjoining the ends of the receiving-pins.

3. In a temporary binder, the combination, with the base-board and receiving-pins, of the transfer-hooks, a plate extending across the upper end of the board and pivoted thereto on an axis in the rear of the transfer-hooks and parallel with and adjacent to the rear edge of the board, and to which plate the transferhooks are fixed, a spring for pressing up said plate and thereby throwing back the hooks, and a catch for holding down said plate, with the ends of the transfer-hooks adjoining the ends of the receiving-pins.

4. In a temporary binder, the combination, with the base-board, a gage-plate projecting perpendicularly therefrom, and receiving-pins projecting therefrom parallelv with said gageplate, of the transfer-hooks pivoted to the base-board on an axis extending parallel with V the plane .of the board, a spring for throwing said hooks back, a catch for holding them in their normal position with their ends adj oining the ends of the receiving-pins, and a button for operating said catch arranged at the upper part of the gage-plate.

5. In a temporary binder, the combination, with the base-board, a gage-plate projecting perpendicularly therefrom, and receiving-pins projecting therefrom parallel with said gageplate, of the transfer-hooks, a plate extending across the upper end of the board and pivoted thereto, and to which plate the transferhooks are fixed, a spring for pressing up said plate, and a catch for holding down said plate, consisting of a pawl pivoted to said gage-plate and a sliding pin mounted vertically over said pawl, with its lower end in contact therewith and its upper end terminating in a button at the top of the gage-plate.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE V. CLIFFORD. lVitnesses:

GEORGE H. FRASER, WVILLIAM HERRMANN. 

